Harriet is a 1943 American play by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements.
The original production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Helen Hayes.
She and her producing partner Gilbert Miller watched it being performed in an experimental production at Syracuse University and optioned it.
[1] [2] The play was very popular, though little remembered now; Kazan received a great deal of acclaim although he put the play's success mostly down to Hayes.
[3] The play was adapted for Australian radio in 1946 starring Muriel Steinbeck and Peter Finch.